Non-Tourist Employment Category
An employment visa allows a foreign national to work in Bhutan, and those holding this visa may stay and work in the Kingdom for a maximum period of one year.
Expatriate traders holding a valid business licence and trader card and their direct dependents
Category: Employment/Dependent/Business
Uniformed personnel of IMTRAT and DANTAK posted to Bhutan and their direct dependents
Category: Employment/Dependent
Direct dependents of foreign workers in the professional category
Category: Employment/Dependent
Casual visitors are Indian nationals from bordering towns and districts who enter the bordering towns of Bhutan for leisure, shopping, dining, meeting friends or other non-employment purposes, using a voter ID card or Indian passport, and must exit within 24 hours.
Agency Accountable for vetting the application: DoI, RBP
Pilgrims to Gomkora (who must remain within Trashi Yangtse) and Hindu pilgrims to the Jayanti Mahakal Temple near Phuentsholing are Indian nationals traveling with a voter ID card or Indian passport.
Agency Accountable for vetting the application: DoI, RBP
- Recommending agency to submit application to the Cabinet Secretary for consideration of any category not listed in this list as non-tourists.